With 54,392 people, Jackson, New Jersey is a relatively small city. Unfortunately, there is only one nursing home there. We were relieved to discover that its only nursing home received a strong overall grade of B+. We also assessed the nursing homes in the nearby city of Matawan. We found the facility in Jackson to be a bit better than most of the nursing homes in Matawan. The best aspect of this nursing home's impressive profile is its inspection grade. Inspection grades are discussed in the next section
As mentioned above, this city's nursing home received a strong overall grade, but we especially wanted to emphasize its nearly flawless health inspections in recent years. We awarded them an elite grade of A+ in this area. Arguably the most critical factor we consider in computing our inspection scores is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a facility's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes with higher scores in this area typically dodged the most severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. This place also earned one of our better scores in the area of short-term care, where we awarded it a B+ in the category. Lastly, the city received a B for long-term care and a C for nursing.